National Platform Meeting on Land and Water Management in Ethiopia

23-24 July 2012


Large auditorium, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa.


Timing
Monday 23 July
Chair person
09.00- 09:30
Introductory session
Welcome, introduction of participants and introduction of the agenda
  • Welcome (Iain Wright)
  • Introduction of the programme (Tilahun Amede)
  • A national platform for institutional learning and policy action on NRM in Ethiopia (Kees Swaans)

Simon Langan
IWMI
09:30-09:45
Sustainable tree-crop-livestock intensification in Ethiopia
(Kiros Hagos, Director of Mekelle University) - (Presentation)


09:45-10:15
The status of forestry development in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities
(Wubalem Tadesse, Director, Forest Research Center, EIAR) - (Presentation)


10:15-
10:45
Coffee break

10:45-
11:10
Importance of biodiversity for agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation in Ethiopia
(Gemedu Dale, Director General, Institute of Biodiversity) - (Presentation)

Tadesse Amsalu, BDU
11:10–11:40
Contribution of traditional agro-forestry to agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation
(Zenebe Asfaw, Hawassa Unversity, Wondo Genet college of Forestry and Natural Resources) - (Presentation)


11:40-12:10
Forest policies and strategies in Ethiopia
(Habtemariam Kassa, CIFOR) - (Presentation)


12:10-12:45
Discussion on the presentations

12:45-14:00
Lunch break

14:00-14:30
Genesis of climate resilience highland transformation in Ethiopia
(Kelali Adhana, Director General, Tigray Science and Technology Agency)

Belay Simane,
Addis Ababa University (AAU)
14:30-15:00
Information needs for adaptation and mitigation of climate variability and change
(Gebru Jember, Climate Change Forum Ethiopia)


15:00-15:30
Sustainable agricultural intensification in the Ethiopian highlands
(Tilahun Amede, ILRI/IWMI)


15:30-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-16:30
Discussions on the presentations

16:30-17:30
Group work on the key discussion points listed below:

Group 1: Seed and seedling system (private, community, public): current status, gaps and suggestions for improvement (Chairperson: Abayneh, FRC)


Group 2: Incentives for integrating trees into crop and livestock systems (policy, market, food security, etc): current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chairperson: Kindu, ILRI)

Group 3: Interventions/post-plantation management/niches: farm, landscape, communal, private: current status, gaps and suggestion for improvement (Chair person: Yitebitu, FRC)

Group 4: Open grazing and collective action/by-laws: current status, gaps and suggestions for improvement (Chairperson: Betru, Bureau of Agriculture)

Kiros Meles,
Mekelle University

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Day 2
Tuesday 24 July

08:45-09:00
Recap from day 1 and reflections (Ermias Aynekulu, ICRAF)

Habtemariam Kassa
CIFOR
09:00-10:30
Panel discussion with 5 panelists

10:30-11:00
Coffee break

11:00-11:10
Progress made in the national platform (Kees Swaans, ILRI):
(Presentations)
Kees Swaans
ILRI
11:20-
12:30
Introduction to NP thematic working groups (TWG leaders)
(Presentations)

12:30-13:30
Lunch break

13:30-15:00
Group work on thematic working groups 1

15:30-16:30
Parallel group work:
Policy support (Simon Langan)
Ecosystem resilience and climate change

16:30-17:15
What next for the national platform?
Tilahun Amede
ILRI/IWMI
17:15-17:30
Vote of thanks and closing remarks

Adane Kassa
Water Action